Template:Greek trans/doc

Usage

This template can be used to enter polytonic (accented) Greek words and short phrases using an ordinary English keyboard, together with a tooltip giving transliteration into Latin characters. Each character, or in a few cases a short group, is passed as a separate parameter. Up to 100 parameters can be passed.

Simple characters

To obtain:

Α

Β

Γ

Δ

Ε

Ζ

Η

Θ

Ι

Κ

Λ

Μ

Ν

Ξ

Ο

Π

Ρ

Σ

Τ

Υ

Φ

Χ

Ψ

Ω

Enter:

A

B

G

D

E

Z

J or Ê1

TH or Th2

I

K

L

M

N

X

O

P

R

S

T

U or Y3

PH or Ph2

CH or Ch2

PS or Ps2

W or Ô1

To obtain:

α

β

γ

δ

ε

ζ

η

θ

ι

κ

λ

μ

ν

ξ

ο

π

ρ

σ or ς4

τ

υ

φ

χ

ψ

ω

?

·

Enter:

a

b

g

d

e

z

j or ê1

th

i

k

l

m

n

x

o

p

r

s

t

u or y3

ph

ch

ps

w or ô1

qu

;

Aspiration

Accents

Asp. + Acc.

Length

Dialytika

Aspirated diphthongs5

Asp. diph. with accents5

Iota subscripts6

Ἁ

ἁ

Ἀ

ἀ

ά

ᾶ

ὰ

ἅ

ἄ

(κτλ.)

ᾱ

ᾰ

ϊ

ΐ

ῗ

ῒ

ΑἹ

Αἱ

αἱ

ΑἸ

Αἰ

αἰ

ΑἽ

Αἵ

αἵ

ΑἼ

Αἴ

αἴ

ᾼ

ῌ

ῼ

ᾳ

ῃ

ῳ

Ha or HA2

ha

)A

)a

/a

^a

\a

h\a

)\a

(etc.)

¬a

>a

"i

/"i

^"i

\"i

HAI

Hai

hai

)AI

)Ai

)ai

HA/I

Ha/i

ha/i

)A/I

)A/i

)a/i

A,

J,

W,

a,

j,

w,

Consonant combinations						Numbers
γγ	γκ	γξ	γχ	ῥ	ῤῥ	͵ασλδʹ
ng	nk	nx	nch	rh	rrh	1234

¹ The circumflexed vowel will be used in the tooltip.

² The capitalisation used is preserved in the tooltip.

³ The use of y for upsilon after a consonant or aspirate is a popular convention: the y option is not supported in aspirated diphthongs (see below).
The u or y as used will appear in the tooltip.

⁴ Interpreted according to the next character. In exceptional cases smed can be used to force σ, sfin ς.

⁵ Diphthongs are αι, ει, οι, αυ, ευ, ηυ, and ου. There is no special code for unaspirated diphthongs: code as if two separate vowels.
Note that the aspiration marks are coded before the first vowel although in the Greek they are displayed on the second

⁶ May be preceded by aspiration and/or accent codes. ê and ô may be coded instead of j and w.

Examples

{{gktr|S|ô|k|r|/a|t|ê|s}}	Σωκράτης
{{gktr|g|n|^w|th|i||s|e|a|u|t|/o|n}}	γνῶθι σεαυτόν
{{gktr|He/u|r|j|k|a|!}}	Εὕρηκα!
{{gktr|5||)/a|r|t|o|u|s||k|a|\i||2||)i|ch|th|/y|a|s}}	εʹ ἄρτους καὶ βʹ ἰχθύας
{{gktr|)a|r|i|th|m|\o|s||)au|t|o|^u||666}}	ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ χξϚʹ

Acknowledgment

The accent coding scheme is derived from that devised by Colin Bell at Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders, with some modifications (i.e. not using "|") to fit in with Template Syntax. Details.